Leaking refrigerants are a major cause of climate change because they predominantly consist of two families of synthetic manmade chemicals
called hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)-- both ozone depleting substances and super greenhouse gases (GHGs)-- and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- powerful GHGs...
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were initially replaced with
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and then hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), making HFCs the so -
called «grandchildren» of the Montreal Protocol.